Announcement message: a statement or paragraph added by a moderator to any page, displayed before the subtopics on the page. Announcement messages can be changed or added only by moderators.

Group: a collection of moderators that is established to "own" a topic. Moderators within the group can edit topic pages with the Page Manager and add users to the group with the User Manager.

Message: a note posted by a moderator or a user into a topic. Messages are stamped with the author of the post.

Moderator: an account that has administrative privileges in topics owned by groups to which the moderator belongs.

Superuser: a special moderator who has permission to add and remove moderator accounts, to add or remove moderators from groups, and to add and remove topics on the board, as well as having all privileges of an ordinary moderator.

Subtopic: an additional level of discussion created within a topic (or another subtopic) that allows further classification of the discussion. This is sometimes called a "thread" or a "conversation."

Template: a file that resides on your server from which Discus pages or screens are generated. Templates can be customized for your site by editing them with a text editor or through the Template Manager.

Topic: a broad area of discussion created by the superuser and listed on the top page of the discussion board. Topics are "owned" by groups; moderators in the group that owns the topic have permission to edit that topic.

User: an account that has posting privileges in topics owned by the group to which the account has been added; a user account has no administrative privileges.